SINCE 1965 INTERNATIONAL SUPREME FRATERNITY & SORORITY

Zeta Psi Omicron all started with 14 young men in 1965, a group of scholars and diligent sophomores and juniors of the University of the Philippines, College of Agriculture (UPCA), who decided to form a new fraternity different from the existing fraternities in the UP campuses. Initially, they called themselves the D'Pranjels, but eventually decided to adopt the greek letter name, Zeta Psi Omicron. For the Founders historic “final initiation rite”, they agreed among themselves to take the “Grand March” (walking from UPCA, College, Laguna to Lipa, Batangas) instead of the traditional “whacking”.

Initiation was purely intellectual with no physical contact. At times, the neophytes were dared to do some dangerous acts, but that was just to test their guts and determination. The original ZY Omicrons would like to show that brotherhood could be established even without the detrimental hazing that can cause death or disability…

But time has changed… the younger generation opted for the traditional way of hazing as the final initiation rite. How and why this happened need to be traced – to be written in the annals of the ZYO Fraternity.

Late 1960’s, when two (2) young omicrons Jose Alquino Jr. and Marcelino Claudio joined the teaching Staff of Musuan State University. There, they planted the Omicron “Seeds”, which grew in multitudes in Mindanao. Bro Jun Alquino is currently (2006) the Vice Chancellor of VISCA University, while Brod Mar Claudio has retired as an executive in a prestigious chemical company and is a successful farmer (growing rice and fruits) in Davao Del Norte.

Later, the ever-growing ZETA PSI OMICRON Fraternity and PSI ZETA OMICRON Sorority reached The Visayan Islands: Cebu, Iloilo and Bohol. According to Brod Taping Tan, about 30 chapters abound in Mindanao. This probably makes Zeta Psi Omicron Fraternity and Sorority as the most popular in Mindanao – a feat that has to be documented to validate the claim.

How this happened is a mystery that can be solved if only brothers and sisters who know the bits and pieces of the growth story would share the anecdotes for the benefit of the ZYO/YZO fraternity/sorority.

Based on the attendance to the different meetings, reunions, anniversary and foundation celebration and the 1st National Convention we have brod/sis with the following titles: PhD, Lawyer, Phil Army (sgt. to major), Mayor, Businessmen, Academe (School Principal, to Vice Chancellor), Executive (mgrs to V. Pres. Of big companies), leaders etc… So it can be told that the original vision was achieved by a lot of brod/sis. Therefore let us move on to complete the missing information that will reveal the true strength of the ZETA PSI / PSI ZETA OMICRON FRATERNITY and SORORITY.

Our Vision and Mission:

The Missionwas to continue recruiting scholars and diligent students who were striving to become achievers in their field of interest. The Visionwas An ultimate Fraternity that focuses on achievements, which the Frat can be proud of – not mere togetherness or brotherhood.

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ZETA PSI OMICRON 1965 INTERNATIONAL

NEWS ITEMS:

Fourth National Convention and 46st Founding Anniversary to be held in U.P. Los Banos, Laguna next year! Note, that's 2011.

It has been tentatively decided that the next National Convention will be held in UP Los Banos, Laguna in January 2011. This was enthusiatically approved during the 3rd National Convention held in Malaybalay City last January 2010. As everybody knows, the fraternity was first founded in UP Los Banos in January 1965. This decision, however, will have to be re-assessed in view of the rather high financial cost of transport on the part of those from Visayas and Mindanao. Moreover, the alumni members from UPLB will have to meet to decide whether it would have the capability to host a national convention in view of the dwindling number of active members.